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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Contract renewals, spend analysis, and RFx for indirect spend. Vendors include staffing, benefits, IT, marketing, research, HR, and travel.

Aurora, Il, Us

Strategic and technology sourcing in support of new products (direct) and product development services (indirect).• Negotiated agreements and implemented supplier management with suppliers for residential IOT products, professional services for engineering, and new wireless and sensor technology.• Types of suppliers included original development companies, contract manufacturers, staffing firms, professional engineering services firms, electronic component manufacturers, universities, software companies (e.g., cloud, security, database, firmware, and support services)• Subject of agreements included NDA, services, product development, product supply, and licensing/technology including business/commercial terms appropriate for each business opportunity.• Promoted and developed partnerships with R&D and marketing to realize business strategies and goals.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

With Nokia's acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent, I was recruited to take on a new role in a new function within the the Chief Quality Office. I welcomed the opportunity to step outside of my experience base to manage and optimize the quality governance function and to lead the quality steering committee to improve quality execution for the new Nokia.

Facilitated $4M annual spend and negotiated multi-year reseller, OEM, and license agreements with software suppliers covering such categories as:◊ Databases (Redis Labs, DataStax, Cloudera),◊ Middleware (TIBCO, Jaspersoft, SpotFire, Business Objects, Actuate, Yellowfin, Tableau, Splunk),◊ Maps (Google, MapQuest, GfK),◊ Video (Espial, Conviva, Quickplay), and◊ Other software (Rogue Wave, AVST, VMware, OpenStack).Demonstrated proficiency with broad range of agreement or contract types including:◊ Software licensing,◊ Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) / reseller agreements,◊ Amendments,◊ Non-disclosure agreements (NDA),◊ evaluation, escrow, teaming, and settlement agreements. ◊ In addition, I have developed request for proposals / quotes (RFP / RFQ)

Delivered $60M in annual revenue from solutions using telecom products from Acme Packet, BroadSoft, GenBand, Mavenir Systems, and Sonus Networks. Prepared financial analysis and risk assessments, setting targets for contract prices, terms, and conditions for purchasing products and services from these suppliers. Oversaw development and preparation for sales support and marketing, engineering, installation, integration, customer support, and repair services.

Led business development, business-case creation, marketing, pre-sales support, sales training, and service readiness for new wireless network business opportunities incorporating finished goods from technology suppliers.Positioned $50M+ annual services revenue with sales and customers by creating sales guides, total cost of ownership (TCO) models, customer presentations, and web pages.Facilitated expansion of industry knowledge by regularly speaking and presenting at industry events, including VON, Wi-Fi Planet, Internet Telephony, TelecomNext, and Enterprise Communications Consortium on topics covering mesh-Wi-Fi, VoWi-Fi, and wireless network security.

Dallas, Tx, Us

As a consultant to AT&T, improved and implemented processes used between AT&T and their customer (Comcast) for inter-network operations management that prevented customer-affecting network interruptions.

Led the establishment of the marketing infrastructure, marketing goals, and market development plans to create high profile, market-specific business development initiatives for the Global Solutions Business. Challenged to build market presence and transition the organization from a customer-service only oriented operation to a services business unit and strong profit center.Recruited, staffed, and led 3 teams in strategic marketing, market communications, and employee communications.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering